Chernow will be appearing in Elmira at 7 p.m. Oct. 8 to kick off the fall Trouble Begins lecture series, presented by the ...

Mark Twain took great pleasure in living up to the title he invented for himself: "the most conspicuous man on the planet." As he told an audience two years before his death on April 21, 1910, "If it ...

One of the most eagerly awaited books of the year, Ron Chernow’s new biography of Mark Twain covers all aspects of the life of the most famous American writer of his time. The book, released on March ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country's most enduring figures, including Ulysses S. Grant and Alexander Hamilton. So it comes as no surprise ...

Mark Twain’s time, 1835-1910, was a different time. People didn’t need to lock their doors. Politicians, even back then, got the back-of-the-hand treatment. Travel by railroad was the ultimate ...

The afternoon train from New York chugged into Camden Station where an eager crowd, led by the governor of Maryland, awaited a famed arrival. When Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) debarked that day in ...

Actor Richard Thomas discussed taking over the role of Mark Twain during a news conference at the Clemens Center in Elmira.

Local Mark Twain author Ron Powers will be honored by the University of Missouri at its 44th Annual Faculty-Alumni Awards Ceremony on Friday. Powers, a leading nonfiction writer, received a bachelor s ...

From October 16 through 19, head down to the Brewery Arts Center and throughout Carson City and Virginia City to participate ...

Gregory Fletcher, author of "Tom and Huck Sitting in a Tree" is scheduled to visit East End Books in Provincetown at 5 p.m.